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There comes a moment in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” — the most enjoyable dispatch in a long time from that galaxy far, far away — when Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) lowers his lightsaber and declares, “It’s time to let old things die.” A power-hungry young zealot who has followed in the sinister footsteps...

After seeing Domhnall Gleeson’s 2017 filmography, no one can ever accuse him of being typecast. The 34-year-old Irish actor has four wildly different projects arriving this fall, each pushing Gleeson into new emotional territory. “What I like about it is they’re all different sorts of films,” Gleeson...

“Star Wars” canon dictates that all episodic films in the Lucasfilm franchise must begin with four things. First the intro (“A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…”), then the “Star Wars” logo accompanied by John Williams’ bombastic score and finally the crawl. As if gliding through space...

One entrance is flanked by a TIE fighter representing the evil First Order. The other entryway is dressed as a Resistance encampment with a lifesize X-wing. Beyond is lush greenery contrasting with desert-like domed structures. This is the alien world of the "Star Wars"-inspired lands coming to...

It’s official: Oscar-winning director Ron Howard is taking over the reins of Lucasfilm’s Han Solo “Star Wars” spin-off. Whether that’s a win for fans or the mark of a troubling turn to the dark side for the 40-year-old franchise remains to be seen. The news comes two days after the shocking departure...

The force was with Orlando, Fla., this morning as the four-day convention named Star Wars Celebration unveiled the first-ever teaser trailer for “The Last Jedi,” the next episodic “Star Wars” film. Thanks to a lengthy panel with the cast and crew, plus new footage, fans now have an idea about...

With the clock ticking down on the biggest film of his career, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” director Gareth Edwards wrestled with the high stakes ace up his sleeve: using computer graphics to digitally insert actor Peter Cushing, who died in 1994, into Edwards’ new “Star Wars” film as the iconic...

“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” will not be changed because of Carrie Fisher’s death. The actress, who died in December, appears throughout the next installment of the blockbuster series and won’t be replaced by a hologram, Walt Disney Co.’s top executive announced Thursday. Fisher’s unexpected death...

You’d think pretty much any actor alive who can do a halfway decent flying kick would jump at the chance to play a martial-arts-fighting, Force-sensitive monk in a “Star Wars” movie. But internationally known action star Donnie Yen initially resisted the idea of signing on to play Chirrut Îmwe...

Despite the media and fan excitement generated by the consecutive casting of a female lead in the two most recent “Star Wars” movies, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” star Felicity Jones seems politely unsurprised. “I’m asked a lot, ‘Oh, my God. It’s a female lead.’ I sort of feel like, if it was...

And here we are once again — though where we are, and when we are, as always bears some explaining. “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” is storming into theaters a year after “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” but the brisk and momentous story it has to tell is actually set about three decades earlier....

For nearly 40 years, the “Star Wars” franchise has been targeted at all ages, from the youngest padawans to the most grizzled Jedi masters. Speaking to The Times in 1977, shortly before the release of “A New Hope,” George Lucas said he thought of the film — which was initially rated G until its...

Unshaven and slightly rumpled, with a laid-back demeanor and dry sense of humor, Gareth Edwards doesn’t instantly strike you as the type of person who would command an army, cinematic or otherwise. But if “Star Wars” has taught us anything, it’s that warriors come from unexpected places. Growing...

Actress and writer Carrie Fisher, who rose to global fame as the trail-blazing intergalactic heroine Princess Leia in the “Star Wars” franchise, has died after suffering a cardiac incident. The following story about her new memoir was published earlier this month. The blaster-wielding Princess...

In her new book, Carrie Fisher reveals she had an affair with Harrison Ford while they were filming “Star Wars.” One thing she says she didn’t reveal, despite a tabloid story to the contrary? His expertise, or alleged lack thereof, in the bedroom. “Any reports claiming I said Harrison was bad...

In a truly astonishing crossover, Emilia Clarke of “Game of Thrones” will be joining the “Star Wars” universe. This is not a drill, we repeat, the Mother of Dragons is going to join “Star Wars” canon forever. Clarke, known for her current role on HBO’s fantasy series, will be joining the still...

Donald Glover is officially your new Lando Calrissian. Lucasfilm has announced that Glover will play the younger version of “Star Wars’” Cloud City administrator turned Rebel Alliance general in the upcoming standalone Han Solo film. Glover will join Alden Ehrenreich, who was confirmed to play...

“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” is finally ready to reveal a big bit of “Star Wars-ian” plot. The new trailer for the first standalone movie in the “Star Wars” universe, has doubled down on the audacity of hope, while simultaneously teasing a ton of new story details. The newest look at the film...

Betting big on the staying power of the “Star Wars” film franchise, Turner television networks have claimed the rights to run the iconic film franchise on cable channels TNT and TBS. The multiyear deals, announced Wednesday, steer 11 “Star Wars” movies, including last year’s blockbuster, “Star...

A film production company on Tuesday admitted health and safety breaches over an accident on the set of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” that broke the leg of star Harrison Ford. The actor was struck by a hydraulic door on the set of the Millennium Falcon — his character Han Solo's spaceship — at...

Brace yourselves, “Star Wars” fans. A new character has just been revealed. Head over to the Lucasfilm Pavilion at Comic-Con (booth 2913) to meet “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’s” new character Edrio Two Tubes. Although there are not a lot of details about this new character, the “Star Wars” Facebook...

The three-day “Star Wars” celebration, aptly titled “Star Wars Celebration,” closed in London on Sunday with a few fun announcements, including official confirmation of the next Han Solo. It’d been speculated for months that the new, younger Han Solo would be “Hail, Caesar!” actor Alden Ehrenreich. But...

In early April, two longtime friends, Jeffrey Henderson and Nick Finch, went out to the sand dunes of Glamis, Calif. — a barren landscape that, three decades ago, stood in for the desert planet Tatooine in “Return of the Jedi” — to shoot a “Star Wars” fan film called “The Sable Corsair.” With a...

The man in black is coming back: Darth Vader will appear in “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” the stand-alone film that focuses on the rebellion before Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker connect in “Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.” The confirmation comes via Entertainment Weekly, which devotes its...

Plenty surrounding "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" remains untold, but an upcoming Lego video game will reveal some of the secrets that led to the film. No, "Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens" will likely not offer clues regarding Rey's lineage, but the game will feature the further adventures of...

At the early age of 11, Warwick Davis was cast as a young Ewok named Wicket in “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.” The furry little creature, who helped Princess Leia find shelter in the forest moon of Endor, would find popularity among fans and spur two Ewok-centric “Star Wars” spinoff movies. And...

Given what a multibillion-dollar behemoth the "Star Wars" universe has become, it's fascinating to discover that a long time ago in a studio sound stage far, far away, no one took it very seriously at all. "It didn't seem anything special to me," one man says of being in the 1977 film Star Wars,"...

The next time you sit down to watch "Star Wars" (and, with this being May the Fourth, that could well be tonight), try this little experiment. Instead of focusing on Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and the rest of the film's marquee stars, shift your attention to the movie's peripheral...

Disney raised even more questions than it answered with the recent release of concept art for the new "Star Wars" lands at Disneyland in Anaheim and Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Fla. Here’s what we know so far: The new lands will feature two attractions set in a remote frontier town...

From the moment it was announced Rian Johnson would be directing "Star Wars: Episode VIII," fans have been excitedly wondering what kind of special sauce the director of genre-bending films like "Looper" and "Brick" (not to mention a few of the best episodes of "Breaking Bad") will bring to the...

BB-8 sure knows how to draw a crowd. The character from the 2015 film "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" on Monday evening made a surprise appearance at the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport. It was all in honor of the inaugural flight of ANA's (All Nippon Airways')...

Daisy Ridley's character Rey was an integral part of J.J. Abrams' "Star Wars" new class. But how did the director know that this relatively unknown actress could help lead the charge in the galaxy far, far away? Her audition tape certainly helped. Watch Ridley's strong audition clip for the role...

Earlier this month Disney and Lucasfilm revealed that Chewie and Han Solo would be coming home, specifically your home in the form of DVD, Blu-Ray and digital release. And you know what that means: lots of sneak peeks at never-before-seen deleted scenes and behind-the-scenes footage, like this...

Walt Disney Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Bob Iger said that the $5.5-billion Shanghai Disney Resort is more than 90% complete and will open on schedule June 16. "It makes a loud statement," Iger said Tuesday during an appearance at Deutsche Bank's annual Media, Internet and Telecom Conference...

Construction will begin next month on "Star Wars" land, the biggest expansion of Disneyland in decades, Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Robert Iger announced at the company's annual shareholders meeting, saying the attraction "will be great." At the meeting in Chicago, Iger said groundbreaking...

After a successful run at the box office, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" has set its sights on your home theater. The movie now has DVD, Blu-ray and digital release dates. "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" will be available for digital download on April 1 and DVD on April 5, the Walt Disney Co. announced...

Principal photography has officially begun for "Star Wars: Episode VIII," and with the production announcement comes the official list of cast members, including the newly announced Benicio Del Toro and Laura Dern, as well as some on-set video. Rian Johnson ("Looper," "Brick") will write and direct...

It would be the dream of any sci-fi-minded electronic music producer: digging into "Star Wars" for officially sanctioned sample material. Super-producer Rick Rubin has announced a new project, "Star Wars Headspace," which features 15 tracks of Cantina-ready jams forged from the audio of "Star Wars:...

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" may not have earned a best picture Oscar nomination, but the billion-dollar box-office record-setter did manage to nab five other nods, including two in sound — editing (Matthew Wood, David Acord) and mixing (Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Stuart Wilson). Equipped...

Last night the world felt a great disturbance in the Force when "Saturday Night Live" host Adam Driver took the stage. It was laughter. The audience was hungry for "Star Wars" jokes and this new padawan did not disappoint. Possibly the biggest standout of the night (besides the Golden Globes sketch)...

"Furious 7," "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," "Bridge of Spies" and "The Revenant" are among the nominees for the Visual Effects Society's 14th VES Awards that honor outstanding visual effects and innovation in film, animation, television, commercials and video games, as well as VFX supervisors,...

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens," "The Hateful Eight" and "The Revenant" were among the nominees Tuesday for the Cinema Audio Society's 52nd CAS Awards for outstanding achievement in sound mixing. Also nominated for sound mixing in live-action motion pictures were "Mad Max: Fury Road" and "Bridge...

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" proved a big draw in China, the world's second-largest movie market, grossing an estimated $53 million in ticket sales in its first two days in theaters. That studio-estimated gross is the biggest Saturday-Sunday box-office opening ever in China. It did 70% better...

Sports marketing specialist Luo Ranfeng is a “Star Wars” superfan.The 28-year-old spends much of his spare time helping to run the biggest Chinese website devoted to the epic space opera, starwarschina.com. The Beijing resident met his fiancee on the fan site, and when they get married this summer,...

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” officially became the highest grossing movie in U.S. history Wednesday, not adjusting for inflation. The Walt Disney Co. movie has surpassed the previous domestic record of $760.5 million held by the 2009 James Cameron blockbuster “Avatar,” according to studio estimates,...

While "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" continues to demonstrate its box office might, details about how some parts of the movie came together are being revealed. Spoilers ahead. The most recent is a behind-the-scenes reel that explains how director J.J. Abrams discovered the location for that key...

A recent piece by Michael Hiltzik has awakened a kind of Dark Side-Light Side debate among die-hard "Star Wars" fans with a couple of declarations: 1. "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is not very good; and 2. It's not really a movie, but the safe "anchoring element of a vast commercial program."...

On Christmas Day, I fulfilled my duty as an American consumer and took the family to see the new "Star Wars" movie. The excursion solved a mystery: Why do so many of the reviews, even the enthusiastic ones, carry an undertone of disappointment? The simple answer is that "Star Wars: The Force Awakens,"...

We're about 10 days into the "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" juggernaut — somehow it feels like a lot longer than that — and there have been few signs of it slowing down. J.J. Abrams' film drew huge crowds over the Christmas weekend and will continue to attract audiences clear into January. By now...

Even for the costume designers who get to delve into a fantasy world and let their creativity run wild, where one outrageous costume is outdone only by the very next one, there can be a favorite. We talk to four such designers about the thrill of boldly going where no costume has gone before. Jenny...

Moviegoers continued to unwrap Disney’s box office holdover “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” over the holiday weekend as the space saga dominated a host of Christmas Day newcomers, including Paramount’s “Daddy’s Home” and 20th Century Fox’s “Joy.” The latest installment in the "Star Wars" franchise...

If you're the type of "Star Wars" fanatic (aren't we all) who spent the first couple of trailers trolling each still for plot lines and clues, you may have noticed a few key moments that were absent from the final cut of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." Specifically, a pretty big moment for one...

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is set to dominate the U.S.-Canada box office again this weekend as the domestic film business hurtles toward a record year. The latest installment in the Lucasfilm franchise is expected to gross $140 million to $180 million domestically Friday through Sunday, according...

With "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" less than a week into its theatrical run and fans still digesting and debating its various twists and turns, it's anyone's guess at this point where the "Star Wars" saga will go from here -- and many Bothan spies would need to die in order to pry concrete information...

The first sign that "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is different from the six "Star Wars" films that came before it arrives when Rey, the protagonist played by 23-year-old English actress Daisy Ridley, appears on-screen in a weather-beaten tunic, slouchy pants and a pair of rugged boots perfectly...

His identity shielded by a scuffed-up mask, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens'" villain Kylo Ren could be mistaken for a DIY cosplayer if his rage and malevolent powers weren't so intimidating. But behind each scar is something more. We spoke with Adam Driver, the face behind the eyeless mask of Ren,...

An organ of the Vatican has slammed the new "Star Wars" film as a thorough disappointment because its villains are not sufficiently evil. The Vatican's daily newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, has given a dismal review to "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," even as it breaks box-office records. While...

Very few actors can point to one character or film to which they owe their entire career. But Anthony Daniels can. Since 1977, he's played and voiced one of the most integral characters to the "Star Wars" franchise: fan favorite droid C-3PO. "It's quite a responsibility," he said in an interview...

Claudia Colindres had never seen a “Star Wars” film, so before her friend Christian Alvarado would take her to the franchise’s reboot, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” the two binged for two days on all six of the earlier films. “It’s crazy,” said Colindres, 17, of Los Angeles as she and Alvarado...

Now that 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' has finally arrived in theaters, fans have so much more to discuss. We're collecting the tweets, the memes, the links and social media from all over the galaxy, even the International Space Station . Take a scroll through our findings. Photos: Opening-night...

Standing next to his wife, who was decked out in a R2-D2 hoodie, Chris Barreno, 36, was getting ready Saturday for his second viewing of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at the ArcLight Cinemas in El Segundo. The Long Beach accountant, his wife, Monique Matta, and her extended family were among the...

My love for "Star Wars" has been going on for 38 years, 6 months and 22 days. That's measured from May 25, 1977, when I attended the premiere of the first film at Hollywood's (then) Grauman's Chinese Theatre to Dec. 17, 2015, when I was in the audience on opening night for the newest film in the...

"Star Wars" fans were out in full force Thursday night. The long-awaited seventh film in the space saga -- "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" -- collected a record-smashing $57 million in ticket sales Thursday night in the United States and Canada. That tops the previous record holder, "Harry Potter...

“Star Wars” without John Williams would be like the Skywalker family without the Force: missing much of its power. Williams, 83, has given the sci-fi series, now seven entries strong, its musical lifeblood from its introduction in 1977 through the opening of “The Force Awakens” on Thursday night....

Can the eager first-day viewers of the "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" trailer who saw it 112 million times online be all wrong? What about the true believers who purchased $50 million and counting worth of advance tickets — can they be mistaken about this film too? No, they're not, but they can...

Pretend, for a brief moment, that new "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" villain Kylo Ren isn't so bad. Perhaps he's good after all. Welcome to the world of "Disney Infinity," where fans and players can remix the "The Force Awakens" to suit their imagination. J.J. Abrams' "Star Wars" vision isn't confined...

Like Han Solo returning to knock Darth Vader's TIE fighter sideways just when nobody thought he was gone for good, "Star Wars" has at last come blasting back into our lives. (On the other hand, like the ghost of Obi-Wan Kenobi, it has never gone away.) Much will be said, good, bad and indifferent,...

Colleen Crosby, 48, saw the very first "Star Wars" movie at Mann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood in 1977. And on Thursday she grabbed her lightsaber and homemade Jedi costume and rushed to the same spot for opening night of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" — the first film from the blockbuster series...

The new "Star Wars" movie has already sold more tickets online than any movie in Fandango's history -- and it hasn't even opened. "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" has broken Fandango's record for most tickets sold for any film during its entire theatrical run, the company said Thursday. The previous...

Colleen Crosby, 48, saw the very first "Star Wars" movie at the Chinese Theatre in 1977. And on Thursday she grabbed her lightsaber and homemade Jedi costume and rushed to the same spot for opening night of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" -- the first film from the blockbuster series in a decade. ...

During the red-carpet premiere of the new "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," we asked the cast and crew, as well as some notable guests, to share their earliest "Star Wars" memories. Along with a few legacy players — including Frank Oz (puppeteer and voice of Yoda) — premiere viewers such as Lucasfilm...

Han Solo's character may be marred by the Greedo controversy, but in the 1977 "Star Wars" film it's Princess Leia -- not Solo -- who shoots first. The very first scene with the political revolutionary, Leia is taken hostage by the Empire, but not before firing off a few rounds from her blaster...

"The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" knew the perfect way to fete the latest addition to the "Star Wars" film universe: a cappella music. As underwhelming as that might sound, Fallon, with help of "The Tonight Show" house band, The Roots, brought together the cast of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"...

A new "Star Wars" trilogy is destined for theaters after Disney announced Oct. 30, 2012, that it was buying Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion. The first six films in the "Star Wars" franchise have raked in more than $4.3 billion worldwide. Here's a look at how each of the episodes fared at the box office....

Intrepid Los Angeles Times reporter Randy Lewis is watching every single "Star Wars" movie leading into the "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." And you can follow along as he slowly goes mad. Stationed at a California AMC, Lewis will be braving many hours of Hayden Christensen's tiny padawan braid...

A photo from the opening of George Lucas' "Star Wars" in 1977 at the old Mann Chinese Theatre in Hollywood shows swarms of fans waiting to enter. The image is fascinating, not only taking us back to a time before the world ever knew "Star Wars" but also conjuring thoughts of what it might have...

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, news came that a seventh "Star Wars" film was being made. And while some may have been initially hesitant (they were still recovering from the prequel trilogy), the hype surrounding "The Force Awakens" has been impossible to ignore, with hungry fans devouring...

Break box-office records, the new "Star Wars" movie could. Cinema chain owners have been salivating for months over the potential windfall from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." Now they're preparing to cash in when the first "Star Wars" movie in a decade hits theaters Thursday night. FULL COVERAGE:...

A photo from the opening of George Lucas’ “Star Wars” in 1977 — held, as the premiere for J.J. Abrams’ “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in 2015, at a moviegoing complex on Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue — shows a mass of people waiting to get in outside the theater. The image and several...

More than three thousand critics, reporters, celebrities and movie makers piled into multiple Hollywood theaters Monday night to see the U.S. premiere of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." Here's our completely spoiler-free look at the brand-new "Star Wars" movie and the night that made Hollywood...

After many months of buildup and endless amounts of media coverage featuring countless "Star Wars" references, the long-awaited premiere of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" was held Monday night — and Hollywood showed up in force (sorry, you knew it was coming). On-screen and off, it was a night...

The Los Angeles Times was inside the the world premiere of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens.' Now that our "Star Wars" team members have watched the movie and gotten their phones back, the first impressions are rolling in from all over. Earlier, we gave you a play-by-play of the red carpet, which...

Thousands of people saw "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" on Monday night in Hollywood — and while they were asked to keep mum on any spoilers, that didn't stop 'em from expressing opinions. Here's a taste of what people are saying after the premiere of the seventh movie in the "Star Wars" franchise....